If you have some questions about SR4 I will try to answer them.

Did heard anything new about the Limited Edition? (i.e., will it make it for the weekend)

Can you give people stats for a standard piece cyberware? (say, the much beloved Wired Reflexes 2)

How about a list of the megas? (not asking you to leak the plot surprises, just name them)

How are shot rounds for shotguns treated?

~J

What does the "P" in the 5P of the Predator mean ?

Can you give us a short example calculation of a shot ? (Complete with hitting, dodging and resisting damage)

Will it make my teeth whiter?

Also, did they leave out equipment weights?

Yes, I have only two questions (so far) :
- What is your think about the art in the book (I know it is subjective, and that what I might like could look aweful for you and vice versa), but I would have liked to have an opinion...
- More details if you could on the differences between hackers and technomancers as you have already addressed magicians, and cyber...

Many thanks in advance, and of course, don't feel obliged, just if you have some time.

How's the BP cost for the different races now?

1) The coat would add 5 (not 6) dice to the resistance roll.

2) Base damage would be the DV + net hits on attack test, minus hits on resistance test.

@ darkness : already given. If I can remember ) for a human, 20 for an ork, 25 for a dwarf, 30 for an elf and 40 for a troll

so let me get that right:

I score 3 net hits (pistols versus dodging) with my predator (5p -1) against a lined coat guy. This gives me a basic damage of 5+3=8 boxes and he can resist with body+5 dice.

The -1 AP modifier is only for checking for stun or physical damage.

Right, wrong ?

Oh, and Defaulting, pg 110. What is up with that?

damn thats nasty.

Seems like very hard to reduce damage on the one hand and extremely hard to kill with one shot on the other.

Edit: No I think its close to impossible to kill with one shot of the predator. Anybody disagree ?

Me.

You probably need an above-average roll, but it's perfectly doable. Add in Edge and it can become downright nasty.

Dont just disagree, elaborate with some numbers please.

Suppose an average Agility 3 and Pistols 3. Human, so above average Edge (4)

Smartlink (+2)
Specialization (+2)
Take Aim (+1)

That's 15 dice off the top of my head, plus Rule of Six. Make him a pro and it gets better. Add explosive or EX explosive ammo, of course.

I know there are penalties, but this is just to give you an idea of how many dice you can throw at the other guy.

Basically, the shooter will throw 6 dices (attr+skill) and do 2 successes. Does the shooted have the right to dodge ? that is my first question, and does he dodge using his attribute also ?
Let's consider that no in my example... this means 7 cases on the monitor. The resistance roll will be of 8 dices... with an average 2-3 successes. Which means that the shooted will have lost 4-5 cases on his monitor, almost half his cases. And -1 modifier to his action....

*whistles* And if surprise is in there...

Also, tisoz thanks for doing this. I for one (and I'm not the only one) appreciate it. If you're ever down in Little Rock, beer's on me.

Your example is off. You didn't take into consideration the attacker's positive modifiers, but you did include armor for the defender.

First of all, my example is off because it took me a too long time to post it and that you all post other things meanwhile *sobs*
But you don't have always modifiers (but you often have some armor)

There is just one thing I don't understand... how dodge is really used...

Someone asked about skillwires.

Active skillsofts are rating 1-4, knowsofts and linguasofts are 1-5.

skillsofts - rating *3ooo nuyen
knowsofts - rating*1000
Linguasofts - rating*500

skillwires are available in ratings from 1-5, rating*.2 essence, rating*4 avalability, rating*2000 nuyen. need rating of at least active softs rating. Skillwires can handle a number of skillsofts with a total rating up to 2*its own rating.

It seems noone has noticed, but ... Wired 2 still costs comparably much essence (3), but it's nuyen cost has been *divided by ten*!

Does this mean such combat cyberware will be more common now? Will we see a rush of wired-to-the-teeth gangers? Will every character need reaction bossting equipment to be even remotely feasible in combat? If every skinhjead can have Wired 3 for the price of a car, I guess most non-cybered characters are gonna think twice before going out ...

Also, with wired 2 costing as much essence as before, how will this treat bioware'd characters, like the essence0.1 streetsam with a bio index of 2? Will they suddenly die and wither away in 2070 because their bodies notice their system actually never could cope with all their cyber and bio ... or what?

I though cyber waqs gonnna be less essence to compensate for bio using essence up now, too ...

/Edit: Too late. ^^ Someone was faster than me.

Someone was faster than me so I edited

seems like dodging is REALLY crucial. Bacause you wont be able to shake off that damage.

edit: ah, too late. What does "full defense" mean. Is that a complex action, or cant you do anything else in that rurn, or what ?

Seems like there are still just as many rolls and modifiers involved in combat. I´m worried about how much time that´s gonna take.

My impression: Forget character conversion. Make a new char, give it Karma.

Edit: How does initiative work now ?